Discover the groundbreaking new research that uncovers the crucial factor that allowed humans to successfully leave Africa 50 ...

Three U.S. states are seeing an unexpected explosion in animal populations and the reasons behind it are more surprising than ...

Researchers analyze nine prehistoric sites with evidence of fire use and determine why exactly early humans built fire.

The Peking Man Museum, built in 1953, is recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. It was constructed around a collection of ancient limestone caves where the first remains of Homo erectus ...

The Harbin skull (left) and the Dali skull (right).

DNA and protein analysis of a 146,000-year-old skull shows for the first time what the face of this species, which occupied ...

Since the Scopes trial in 1925, Science News has reported on legislative attempts to undermine the teaching of evolution.

floresinsis male carrying a giant rat over his shoulder. Illustration by Peter Schouten “Homo floresiensis and modern humans are simply occasional guests that check in and check out for limited ...

How did Homo sapiens manage to leave Africa around 50,000 years ago, when earlier treks out of the continent had ended in ...

The Denisovans, together with the Neanderthals, are the closest extinct relatives of modern humans. It wasn't until 2010 that scientists announced that the Denisovans existed, so much about them ...

Footprints confirm early human presence in North America 23,000 years ago Radiocarbon-dated mud samples confirm findings from the previous 2021 Evidence shows humans arrived 10,000 years before the Cl ...

Like fat free yoghurt and outdoor music festivals, Australia’s looming great wealth transfer sounds better on paper than ...